Foreword / Fredric Jameson  xi

Editors' Note  xv

Acknowledgments  xvii

Introduction. Between Empires: On Cultural Studies in Canada / Sourayan Mookerjea, Imre Szeman, and Gail Faurschou  1

1. Canadian Cultural Theory: Origins  

A Plea for Time / Harold Innis  37

The Military Implications of the American Constitution / Harold Innis  54

Canada as Counter Environment / Marshall McLuhan  71

The Medium Is the Message / Marshall McLuhan  87

Refus Global / Paul-�ile Borduas  100

Conclusion to the Literary History of Canada / Northrop Frye  111

City of the End of Things / Northrop Frye  129

Canadian Fate and Imperialism / George Grant  145

In Defence of North America / George Grant  160

Of a Hesitant Quebec / Fernand Dumont  173

The Buckskin Curtain: The Indian-Problem Problem / Harold Cardinal  200

The Old Question, but Not the Old Answers / Anthony Wilden  210

2. Contemporary Canadian Cultural Studies  

A. Nationalism and Canada  229

The Social Identity of English Canada / Ian Angus  231

"Remembering (from) Where You're Going": Memory as Legacy and Inheritance / Jocelyn L�urneau  248

The True North Song Free / Rob Shields  276

Late Nationalism: The Case of Quebec / Kevin Pask  289

Technological Nationalism / Maurice Charland  308

B. Race, Difference, and Multiculturalism  325

On the Dark Side of the Nation: Politics of Multiculturalism and the State of "Canada" / Himani Bannerji  327

In Whose Interest? Transnational Capital and the Production of Multiculturalism in Canada / Katharyne Mitchell  344

Postmodernism and Cultural Politics in a Multicultural Nation: Contests over Truth in the Into the Heart of Africa Controversy / Eva Mackey  366

Another Side of Me / Lee Maracle  383

Tewatatha'wi: Aboriginal Nationalism in Taiaiake Alfred's Peace, Power, Righteousness: An Indigenous Manifest / Kristina Fagan  390

Always Indigenize! The Radical Humanities in the Postcolonial Canadian University / Len Findlay  405

C. Modernity and Contemporary Culture  423

Hauled Kicking and Screaming into Modernity: Non-Synchronicity and Globalization in Post-War Newfoundland / Stephen Crocker  425

Theorizing Toronto / Ioan Davies  441

Shifting Boundaries, Lines of Descent: Cultural Studies and Institutional Realignments / Will Straw  457

Writing on the Border / Jody Berland  472

Communities, Civic Boosterism, and Fans / Rick Gruneau and David Whitson  488

Global Vistas and Local Reflection: Negotiating Place and Identity in Vancouver Television / Serra Tinic  501

3. Government Documents  

Preface to Government Documents  515

From the Report of the Royal Commission on National Development in Arts, Letters and Sciences (Massey Commission) / Government of Canada  518

From the Report of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism (Bi and Bi Commission) / Government of Canada  533

From Multiculturalism and the Government of Canada (Canadian Government Pamphlet) / Government of Canada  548

Afterword. Are Cultural Studies an Anglo-Saxon Paradigm? Reflections on Cultural Studies in Francophone Networks / Yves Laberge  561

Contributors  581

Index  585

Fredric Jameson

Sourayan Mookerjea

Imre Szeman

Gail Faurschou

Harold Innis

Marshall McLuhan

Paul-Émile Borduas

Northrop Frye

George Grant

Fernand Dumont

Harold Cardinal

Anthony Wilden

Ian Angus

Jocelyn Létourneau

Rob Shields

Kevin Pask

Maurice Charland

Himani Bannerji

Katharyne Mitchell

Eva Mackey

Lee Maracle

Kristina Fagan

Len Findlay

Stephen Crocker

Ioan Davies

Will Straw

Jody Berland

Rick Gruneau

David Whitson

Serra Tinic

Yves Laberge

“Canadian Cultural Studies marks an important publication. . . . With contributions from media studies, literary studies, cultural studies, Aboriginal studies, and studies of multiculturalism, as well as government policy documents and a concerted effort to bridge the divide between Quebec and the rest of Canada, this reader does a great job of covering its ground. . . . [T]hese are essential essays and documents. It is, moreover, an accessible and useful text that I heartily recommend to instructors of Canadian studies looking to foster a sense of academic rigour in their courses.”—Kit Dobson, Canadian Literature

“This reader is a timely and provocative reflection on Canadian cultural studies. While some readers may be familiar with many of the essays, encountering them again will prove to be rewarding for the new insights that their juxtapositions in this volume offer. This volume attests to not only to the substantial history of cultural theory in Canada, but also to its vibrancy.”
—Lily Cho, Ariel

“The editors deserve credit for bringing together scattered and not easily accessible seminal articles focusing on Canadian economy and polity. This anthology, comprising historical, contemporary, multidisciplinary, theoretical, and critical essays, will remain an essential sourcebook on Canadian cultural studies. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.”—D. A. Chekki, Choice

“Canadian Cultural Studies marks an important publication. . . . With contributions from media studies, literary studies, cultural studies, Aboriginal studies, and studies of multiculturalism, as well as government policy documents and a concerted effort to bridge the divide between Quebec and the rest of Canada, this reader does a great job of covering its ground. . . . [T]hese are essential essays and documents. It is, moreover, an accessible and useful text that I heartily recommend to instructors of Canadian studies looking to foster a sense of academic rigour in their courses.”—Kit Dobson, Canadian Literature

“This reader is a timely and provocative reflection on Canadian cultural studies. While some readers may be familiar with many of the essays, encountering them again will prove to be rewarding for the new insights that their juxtapositions in this volume offer. This volume attests to not only to the substantial history of cultural theory in Canada, but also to its vibrancy.”
—Lily Cho, Ariel

“The editors deserve credit for bringing together scattered and not easily accessible seminal articles focusing on Canadian economy and polity. This anthology, comprising historical, contemporary, multidisciplinary, theoretical, and critical essays, will remain an essential sourcebook on Canadian cultural studies. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.”—D. A. Chekki, Choice

“Canadian Cultural Studies is a brilliant study and appropriation of some of the most important issues that have been central to the history of cultural studies. But there is more at work in this book than appropriation; Canadian Cultural Studies rewrites that legacy and establishes Canada as a society in which cultural studies as a theoretical discourse and practice is being played out in ways that make this book indispensable to understanding what cultural studies has become and where it might be going in the future. This is an extraordinary book for anyone interested in cultural studies and the importance of Canada in rewriting and applying some of its most fundamental assumptions.”—Henry A. Giroux, author of Youth in a Suspect Society: Democracy or Disposability?

“For those familiar with cultural studies in Canada, this reader offers a necessary and illuminating consolidation of key texts. For newer eyes, there is fresh inspiration. Expertly selected and organized, the material assembled here is a gilded invitation to explore this rich field of interdisciplinary and politically engaged cultural analysis. Canadian Cultural Studies: A Reader is a vital contribution to contemporary currents in the study of globalization, nationhood, and identity.”—Charles R. Acland, author of Screen Traffic: Movies, Multiplexes, and Global Culture

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